animisme

\a.ni.mism\

/\a.ni.mism\/ noun

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The verdict

“animisme” is an uncommon French word, ranked #70,377 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#70,377
frequency rank, French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Doctrine philosophique qui fait de l’âme le principe de tous les phénomènes vitaux.

Key facts for animisme
PropertyValue
Headwordanimisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ni.mism\
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,377
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “animisme” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). animisme lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for animisme is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ni.mism\. Corpus data places it at rank #70,377 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for animisme, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is animisme, spelled A-N-I-M-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doctrine philosophique qui fait de l’âme le principe de tous les phénomènes vitaux.
  2. 2
    Perception d’une identité commune à tous les êtres vivants en même temps que d’une différenciation nette entre les différentes formes de manifestation de ce vivant. Prêter des intentions à des choses.

This word in other languages

animism(English)animismo(Español)Animismus(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "animisme"?
"animisme" is spelled A-N-I-M-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ni.mism\.
What does "animisme" mean?
As a noun, "animisme" means: Doctrine philosophique qui fait de l’âme le principe de tous les phénomènes vitaux.
How do you pronounce "animisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "animisme" is \a.ni.mism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "animisme" come from?
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Using “animisme”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-N-I-M-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.ni.mism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list